Steer and Turn

Steer

Steer verb - To point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front.

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Turn and steer are semantically related. in direction topic. In some cases you can use "Turn" instead a verb "Steer".

Nearby Words: steered, steering, steerage, steersman

Turn verb - To move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis.

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Steer and turn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Steer" instead a verb "Turn".

Nearby Words: turned, turning

humanity	steer humanity	turn humanity
attention	steer attention	turn attention
character	steer character	turn character
life	steer life	turn life
Other words: man, people, body, control, someone, house, world, ship, everyone, weapons.

Getting it to correctly steer can turn it into a powerful weapon capable of dealing lots of damage to the heaviest armored enemies. Racetrack.

Source: Video Game / Nexuiz
The Brak Show, using secondary characters from Space Ghost in a Dom Com format, only to, in turn, steer away from this into more random territory.

Source: Transplanted Character Fic
The other problem is that it'd require more energy than the entire mass of the universe converted into energy all at once to turn one on...Plus you can't steer while it's active, and you can't turn it off easily.

Source: Awesome But Impractical / Real Life

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